Marine Expeditionary Unit detachment on Okinawa conducts air support training

Sgt. Ian Trenkel, communications chief for the air support element of Marine Detachment 18, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security after disembarking a KC-130H during "Operation Nightingale." The goal of the exercise was to give the detachment practice in establishing a landing zone and establish the ability to control aircraft in a combat zone. It was the first time the detachment has conducted this type of training.